On a phylogenetic tree, what does a branch represent? nothing any taxon (named group a population through time a splitting event

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katrin2010 [14]

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On a phylogenetic tree, what does a branch represent? nothing any taxon (named group a population through time a splitting event

(one population becomes two or more evolutionarily independent populations

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Romashka [77] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-02T02:55:00+03:00

Romashka [77]2 years ago

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A branch point on a phylogenetic tree is a separation point, from where a lineage is evolved into a new different lineage. The basal taxon is the unbranched lineages which evolved from the root.